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If you've seen the media ballyhooing today's positive consumer sentiment report 3 progree Dec 5 Dec 6 7 701
Inflation Report: The Fed's Next Rate Move Depends on Today's PCE Release 1 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 5 Dec 5 1 470
Layoffs 2025: Tech and government hardest hit as more than 1 million job losses announced so far this year 3 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 4 Dec 4 4 551
This week's (December 1 - December 5) and next week's (December 8 - December 12) major U.S. economic reports 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 3 Dec 3 1 483
Construction labor crunch drives up costs and deepens America's housing affordability crisis 4 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2 Dec 3 2 527
The Hidden Horrors of Whole Foods Grocery Chain 🫒 12 appalachiablue Dec 2 Dec 2 61 2790
Economic Policy Selling the Poor on Spending Like They're Rich 2 Passages Dec 1 Dec 2 26 889
Starbucks to pay $35M to NYC workers after city alleges years of abuses 0 Passages Dec 2 Dec 2 4 456
Economic Policy Sources of America's Hidden Inflation 1 Passages Dec 1 Dec 1 5 488
Economic Policy The Historic Reversal of Cultural Affordability 0 Passages Dec 1 Dec 1 1 448
Abercrombie & Fitch, Walmart, Nike, and other major brands that say Trump's tariffs are pushing them to raise prices 2 Eugene Nov 27 Nov 27 3 786
CBS News Journalist Uses Pie To Illustrate Wealth Inequality In America 🥧 8 appalachiablue Nov 26 Nov 27 30 1629
The Poverty Line is actually $140K for a family of 4. Why so many are struggling and angry. 8 jmbar2 Nov 26 Nov 27 21 1345
The 'S&P 493' reveals a very different U.S. economy WaPo 1 question everything Nov 25 Nov 25 12 830
Busy busy day: ADP payrolls, Retail sales, Producer Price Index, Consumer Confidence 😱 UPDATED with LBN threads 4 progree Nov 25 Nov 25 10 671
BLS: Revised news release dates following the 2025 lapse in appropriations 2 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 19 Nov 23 3 580
The Middle Class Is Buckling Under Almost Five Years of Persistent Inflation 1 question everything Nov 22 Nov 22 5 590
This week's (November 17 - November 21) and next week's (November 24 - November 28) major U.S. economic reports 0 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 20 Nov 20 3 512
Delayed September Jobs Report Expected to Show Continued Weak Growth 12 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 19 Nov 19 7 1318
What to expect in Thursday's jobs report 0 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 19 Nov 19 0 478
Crypto coins are all dropping. 6 multigraincracker Nov 19 Nov 19 6 930
US Department of Labor welcomes senior Trump Administration appointees 1 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 19 Nov 19 2 827
US jobless benefits rolls in mid-October were the highest since August, Labor Dept says 2 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 19 Nov 19 7 581
10 Reduced inequalities Progress and setbacks in reducing income inequalities 0 Passages Nov 16 Nov 16 2 403
Bill Maher on Mamdani, A.O.C., Bernie and Democratic Socialists. So he goes off on the failures of Socialism. 4 3Hotdogs Nov 16 Nov 16 3 862
World Inequality Report 2026 Coming out soon 0 Passages Nov 16 Nov 16 1 565
Apple intensifies succession planning for CEO Tim Cook, FT reports 1 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 15 Nov 15 1 500
This week's (November 10 - November 14) and next week's (November 17 - November 21) major U.S. economic reports 1 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 13 Nov 14 2 412
Private Equity's Big Scheme, Gut Everything from Red Lobster to Hospitals, Sen. Elizabeth Warren (MA) 3 appalachiablue Nov 13 Nov 14 11 728
The Boss Has a Message: Use AI or You're Fired 8 question everything Nov 11 Nov 11 4 901

Economy Continued...

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Trump goes after America's meat producers over rising prices after failed bid to boost Argentine beef 8 Eugene Nov 9 Nov 9 2 714
Trump team is secretly handing out massive tax breaks to wealthy American corporations: report 1 Eugene Nov 9 Nov 9 10 671
U.S. freight-rail traffic drops 3.9% in Week 44 4 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 9 Nov 9 7 548
Let me relate my perspective on the Trump Tariff's...from an international. small business perspective. 4 OAITW r.2.0 Nov 7 Nov 8 11 603
USA in Chaos - Joe Blogs 1 TexasTowelie Nov 6 Nov 6 6 535
'Fentanyl Capitalism': How Tech Venture Capital Is Eating the World Catherine Bracy x Gil Duran 1 AStern Nov 5 Nov 5 2 450
Looking to experts for how the Supreme Court will rule on tariffs? They aren't sure either. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 5 Nov 5 1 469
ADP Employment Report set to show modest rebound in October amid Fed policy uncertainty 1 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 5 Nov 5 1 481
'Big Short' investor Michael Burry is betting big against Nvidia and Palantir 3 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 4 Nov 5 6 609
Denny's to be acquired and taken private in a deal valued at $620 million 5 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 4 Nov 4 4 748
Bitcoin plummets to $100,000 as selling pressure mounts, government shutdown 'stalls' tailwinds 2 modrepub Nov 4 Nov 4 3 600
169-year-old outdoor store chain to shutter half its stores by next year, citing tariffs 2 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 4 Nov 4 7 857
ADP Rolls Out Weekly Payrolls Data After Halting Data to Fed - Bloomberg Businessweek 0 SouthBayDem Oct 31 Oct 31 7 594
🧰 Jobs Are Harder To Find, It's Not Just You, Let's Talk About The Economy - Sen. Elizabeth Warren 5 appalachiablue Oct 31 Oct 31 7 617
AI and the Future of Work - 1 hour discussion at CUNY Graduate Center 2 BootinUp Oct 31 Oct 31 1 527
Banks and retailers run short on pennies as the US Mint stops making them 4 Eugene Oct 30 Oct 31 8 635
This week's (November 3 - November 7) and next week's (November 10 - November 14) major U.S. economic reports 2 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 31 Oct 31 1 508
Sora Proves the AI Bubble Is Going to Burst So Hard 7 Warpy Oct 2025 Oct 2025 5 928
September CPI preview: Inflation seen holding firm near 3% as tariffs complicate Fed's path 3 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2025 Oct 2025 3 555
Trump takes wrecking ball to U.S. Economy and White House (3 articles) 1 Ranting Randy Oct 2025 Oct 2025 7 861
Andrew Ross Sorkin Explains the 1929 Financial Crash and Lessons for Today - Amanpour and Company PBS 1 Rhiannon12866 Oct 2025 Oct 2025 11 538
US to publish CPI report for annual Social Security cost-of-living adjustment 1 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2025 Oct 2025 8 565
This week's (October 20 - October 24) and next week's (October 27 - October 31) major U.S. economic reports 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2025 Oct 2025 2 433
The UPS chaos shows tariffs have finally arrived on our doorsteps (snafus abound) 2 progree Oct 2025 Oct 2025 12 775
Why is No One Talking About This? Economic Correction - Thom Hartmann 0 Rhiannon12866 Oct 2025 Oct 2025 5 625
Tariff rollercoaster prompts Chinese exporters to 'give up' on US 1 Eugene Oct 2025 Oct 2025 9 540
Coincidence? In three days, two items I ordered from Amazon --- 5 3Hotdogs Oct 2025 Oct 2025 6 805
'Doughnut Economics' shows how global growth is out of balance--and how we can fix it 0 erronis Oct 2025 Oct 2025 5 538
Some are saying this was Barron Trump! 15 pbmus Oct 2025 Oct 2025 31 2475
Bailing out Bessent's buddies' bets on Argentina 2 peppertree Oct 2025 Oct 2025 5 597

Economy Continued...

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Just looked at the commodities market. 1 multigraincracker Oct 2025 Oct 2025 3 731
Personal Finance IRS announces new federal income tax brackets for 2026 0 nitpicked Oct 2025 Oct 2025 1 685
This week's (October 6 - October 10) and next week's (October 13 - October 17) major U.S. economic reports 1 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2025 Oct 2025 1 509
US to Take 10% Stake in Trilogy Metals to Unlock Alaska Mining 5 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2025 Oct 2025 4 676
USA Dollar Continues to Fall - Joe Blogs 0 TexasTowelie Oct 2025 Oct 2025 6 821
Government Shutdown Leaves U.S. Treasury Operations Intact 6 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2025 Oct 2025 3 1333
USA Shutdown - Joe Blogs 0 TexasTowelie Sep 2025 Sep 2025 1 1161
CSX railroad replaces CEO after investor pressure and poor performance as Union Pacific merger looms 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2025 Sep 2025 0 1224
Trump slaps fresh US tariffs on heavy trucks, drugs and kitchen cabinets 2 Eugene Sep 2025 Sep 2025 13 1743
USA Faces Bitter Pill - Joe Blogs 1 TexasTowelie Sep 2025 Sep 2025 6 2180
This week's (September 29 - October 3) and next week's (October 6 - October 10) major U.S. economic reports 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2025 Sep 2025 2 847
When the Fed cuts their short-term interest rate, longer-term rates tend to fall, lifting bond prices, right???? 0 progree Sep 2025 Sep 2025 5 1364
What To Expect From Friday's Report On Inflation 4 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2025 Sep 2025 6 2906
The White House says it blocked US Steel's decision to stop processing steel at Illinois plant 2 Eugene Sep 2025 Sep 2025 2 1010
This week's (September 22 - September 26) and next week's (September 29 - October 3) major U.S. economic reports 1 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2025 Sep 2025 2 868
Bureau Of Labor Statistics Postpones Report With No Reason 5 Hugin Sep 2025 Sep 2025 9 2189
USA Bets on Growth - Joe Blogs 1 TexasTowelie Sep 2025 Sep 2025 3 2591
'The Federal Reserve lowered interest rates by a quarter of a percentage point on Wednesday 3 elleng Sep 2025 Sep 2025 1 1059
What makes this week's Federal Reserve meeting unprecedented - PBS NewsHour 0 Rhiannon12866 Sep 2025 Sep 2025 4 1567
Adidas, Walmart, Home Depot, and other major brands that say Trump's tariffs are pushing them to raise prices 0 Eugene Sep 2025 Sep 2025 14 2406
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